Continuity mistake: When Illya and Vogler practice shooting arrows at the "No Hunting" sign, the "I" is completely there one moment, then acquires a huge white chip in its base without being hit by an arrow. A few shots later, it's intact again. (00:19:00)
Jean G
14th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
14th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Continuity mistake: Vogler paints a target on Illya's shirt back and hunts him. The target remains constant through most of the chase, until a stunt double is brought in for a fight sequence. The double's target has a large "bite" taken out of the bull's eye. The bite goes away after the fight, and Illya's target is whole again. (00:29:20)
14th Sep 2006
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Continuity mistake: Nelson spins the roulette wheel. We see a close-up of the wheel slowing down. Cut back to a full shot, and now the wheel is spinning faster than ever, even though no one has touched it. (00:42:15)
14th Sep 2006
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Plot hole: The Seaview's crew have a wild shootout aboard ship, and their bullets are seen to go all the way through a 6-inch-thick hatch door. Gee, you'd think that somewhere during their military training, somebody would have taught these guys why firing high velocity weapons on a submerged submarine is a really bad idea. (00:38:15)
14th Sep 2006
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Factual error: The Seaview's military history computers need an upgrade. The derelict German sub is identified as a WWI ship, the U444, supposedly sunk in 1918. There were only 167 U-boats in WWI. U444 wasn't built until 1942. And the sub's design is definitely WWII, not WWI. (00:02:30)
14th Sep 2006
The Bible (1966)
Factual error: The narrator recites that the dove "came in unto Noah in the evening". But the footage depicting this event wasn't shot in the evening. The sun is high in a very bright, blue sky. (01:16:20)
13th Sep 2006
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
The Return of the Phantom - S2-E26
Deliberate mistake: Kroeger's ghost takes over Crane's body when the captain is injured, but still alive. In "The Phantom Strikes," Kroeger told Nelson his host had to be dead first. This "fact" needed to be altered in the sequel so that Crane could survive to be rescued at the end. (00:16:00)
13th Sep 2006
Blake's 7 (1978)
Factual error: Travis fails Astronomy 101 with the line, "Blake - the other patrols have pushed him into this galaxy." That should be star system, not galaxy. B7's ships weren't capable of intergalactic travel. Not just a character mistake, either. Travis is a trained Space Commander, and should definitely know the very big difference between a solar system and a galaxy, even if the scriptwriters - and people who keep miscorrecting this error - do not. (00:03:10)
13th Sep 2006
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Visible crew/equipment: When Nelson says, "Let's get out of here," the shadow of the entire camera rig moves by on the side of the navigation console. (00:07:45)
13th Sep 2006
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Factual error: The derelict sub is said to have suddenly moved itself more than 30,000 sea miles from its original position. This makes no sense. The entire circumference of the Earth is only 22,000 sea miles. And if the sub had somehow circled the globe plus an additional 8,000 sea miles, there'd be no way to tell that it hadn't simply moved just 8,000 miles. (00:08:10)
13th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Continuity mistake: While he's running through the woods with his hands cuffed behind him, Illya's sleeves alternate, between shots, from pushed up above his elbows to pulled all the way down to his wrists. (00:26:50)
12th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Monks of St. Thomas Affair - S3-E5
Factual error: Though he's tied up at the time, Solo somehow calls Illya on the pen communicator in his pocket. This leaves us to wonder just how he managed to uncap the pen, extend the antenna and "dial" the frequency (all of which was always necessary before) without the use of his hands. (00:31:30)
12th Sep 2006
Quantum Leap (1989)
The Leap Home (1) - November 25, 1969 - S3-E1
Factual error: The Post Raisin Bran cereal box sitting on the Beckett family breakfast table in 1969 has a 1990s box design. (00:18:00)
12th Sep 2006
Quantum Leap (1989)
The Leap Home (1) - November 25, 1969 - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: The corn stalks behind Sam and Al are rustling and moving in a brisk wind in the two-shots. But in all the close-ups, the stalks are standing perfectly still. (00:35:25)
11th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Continuity mistake: Solo sneaks down an empty corridor and knocks out the only man guarding the lab door. When the camera angle reverses, there's a second unconscious (or dead) man on the floor behind him. Where'd that guy come from? Solo didn't encounter anyone before the door guard, and there were no bodies already on the floor when he entered the hall. (00:15:05)
11th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Apple A Day Affair - S3-E27
Continuity mistake: Illya changes clothes in mid car-chase. When he and Solo leap into the convertible and drive off, he's wearing a brown leather jacket and jeans. As they race down the road, he's suddenly in a dark blue suit and tie. When they jump out of the car again, he's back in the brown jacket and jeans. (00:45:45)
11th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Apple A Day Affair - S3-E27
Revealing mistake: Gardner and Illya are chained to a mine shaft post and the Thrush bad guys trigger a cave-in to seal them in. As the debris falls, you can see the entire "stone" wall behind them rock and wobble flimsily from side to side. (00:23:50)
11th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Monks of St. Thomas Affair - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: Illya's grappling hook changes positions on the iron window bars between the time it first attaches and the time he starts to climb the wall. (00:38:15)
11th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Monks of St. Thomas Affair - S3-E5
Factual error: Illya leaps onto the rope in the monastery tower, causing the bell to ring. After sliding down the rope to the floor, he then identifies the tone as "B Major 7th." But the musically-literate Illya should know better. B Major 7th is a chord (B, D-sharp, F-sharp, A-sharp), not a single note. (00:41:45)
9th Sep 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum Affair - S3-E19
Visible crew/equipment: During the fight aboard the plane, Solo's stunt double's face is fully visible several times. (00:43:30)
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